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Chapter 9
Technology to Enhance the
Affective Learning Outcomes
of Teacher Trainees
Nor Aziah Alias
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Nor Aiza Alias
Kepong Secondary School, Malaysia
introDuction
Technology is certainly not a panacea to all edu-
cational problems but it has become indispensable
to educators in schools and higher education
institutions. This is especially true for computer
and internet technologies. At the very least, the
word processor aids the preparation and manage-
ment of class instruction. This chapter focuses on
how technology can be employed to enhance the
affective outcomes of teacher trainees in teacher
education. We specifically opt to deliberate on af-
fective learning outcomes due to the challenges of
educating teachers who are not only expected to
have the knowledge, skills and affective attributes
but to impart all three components to the students
they are teaching. Teaching also takes place in an
ill-structured, dynamic setting; it draws on various
knowledge and directs at diverse groups of students
whose characteristics and dispositions differ from
one another. It is an overwhelming task and rather a
difficult one to measure the outcomes of graduates
of teacher education who are poised to “teach more
by what they are than by what they say”. We refer to
abstract
This chapter focuses on the utilization of technology to enhance the learning outcomes of pre-service
teachers in the context of post secondary four year teacher education program provided by higher
education institutions. A brief description of technology in teacher education precedes the discussion
on the learning outcomes with a specifc focus on the affective outcomes. Several guiding principles
for enhancing the affective learning outcomes of pre-service teachers are furnished prior to describing
a technology supported immersive learning approach to elicit such outcomes. The chapter concludes
with a Malaysian immersive learning example that utilises the internet technology and collaboration
with practitioners in schools.
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-897-5.ch009